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WorksheetsBusiness English-Glossary
Total questions: 85
Worksheet time: 43mins
a meeting at which people have formal discussions.
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people who will buy company’s products in the future
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advice, criticism or information of buyers about how good or useful something is.
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a person who buys and uses goods or services
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try to reach an agreement by formal discussion.
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money that employees receive for doing their job, especially professional employees or people working in an office, usually paid every month.
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money that someone earns according to the number of hours, days, or weeks that they work, especially money that is paid each week.
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an amount of money that is taken off the usual cost of something.
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an event at which many different companies show and sell their products.
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a request for information about something
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a skill or type of experience that you need for a particular job.
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making somebody want to do something, especially something that involves hard work and effort
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an investigation of the opinions, behavior, etc. of a particular group of people, which is usually done by asking them questions
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a careful study of a subject, especially in order to discover new facts or information about it.
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the money that you make in business or by selling things after paying the costs involved
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money that has been lost by a business or an organization.
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the money that a company receives from its business.
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money charged to a borrower or paid to an investor, usually expressed as a percentage per annum
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a general rise in the prices of services and goods in a particular country, resulting in a fall in the value of money.
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a notice, picture or film telling people about product, or service
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activities done in order to increase the sales of a product or service; a set of advertisements for a particular product or service
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a person or company that pays people to work for them
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a person whose job is to keep or check financial accounts.
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a person or company that produces goods in large quantities.
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a person or company that supplies goods
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a person or business responsible for making goods available to customers after they have been produced, either one that sells directly to the public or one that sells to shops, etc
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a thing of value, especially property, that a person or company owns, which can be used or sold to pay debts.
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a sum of money that somebody owes.
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money that an organization such as a bank lends and somebody borrows
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an employee of a company who travels around a particular area selling the company’s goods to shops, stores, etc
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a person whose job is to sell goods in a shop, store.
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to find new people to join a company, an organization, etc.
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a period of time during which a student or new graduate gets practical experience in a job
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an official document that identifies you as a citizen of a particular country, and that you may have to show when you enter or leave a country
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a company that provides cheap flights
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a person or business that sells goods to the public.
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a person who buys goods in bulk from a producer and then sells them in smaller quantities to retailers or other wholesalers, earning a profit either by charging a commission to the retailer or by adding to the manufacturer’s price.
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a place from which an organization is controlled.
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a local office or shop/store belonging to a large company or organization.
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a business company that is owned or controlled by another larger company
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store that is one of a series of similar shops/stores owned by the same company
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a place where large quantities of goods are stored, especially before they are sent to shops, stores to be sold.
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the amount of stock, including raw materials, supplies and finished goods that a company has at a particular time.
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price at which one currency may be exchanged for another
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the amount of money that you need in order to buy, make or do something
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the buying and selling of products and services on the internet
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a request to make or supply goods
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a small plastic card which can be used as a method of payment, the money being taken from you at a later time.
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a special plastic card given to you by a bank that allows you to take money out of your account using a cash machine
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the idea that companies should think globally, but use methods in each particular place that are suited to it.
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to make or change something according to the buyer’s or user’s needs
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the government department responsible for collecting the tax on goods that have been brought into the country and making sure that illegal goods are not imported or exported.
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an amount of money that you must pay to the government according to your income, property, goods, etc. that is used to pay for public services
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a set of products of a particular type
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to make something different from other things.
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to decide to soon that something is true.
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(awareness / attention, interest, desire, action) a description of how advertisements for a product should work, by first catching people’s attention and making them interested in the product, and then persuading them to want to buy it.
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a public event at which things are sold to the person who offers the most money for them
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the process of giving somebody work or responsibilities that would usually be yours
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an official action or decision that has happened in the past and that is seen as an example or a rule to be followed in a similar situation later
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the act of choosing a person for a job or position of responsibility
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a document showing the state of the finances of an organization or business
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something that makes trade between two countries more difficult or expensive, for example a tax on imports.
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when a well-known person says in an advertisement how good they think a product is.
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an option given to executive employees allowing them to buy shares in the company at a favourable price.
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selling products without the authorization of the trademark owner.
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when one company buys another one, or part of another one.
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a creation of new company by joining two separate companies
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a person who works under a more senior member of staff
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two or more companies make a joint investment in a project without actually merging
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a market where company shares are traded.
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a company that does business using the Internet or provides a service on the Internet
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an asset that is physical and can be valued easily, rather than an intangible asset that is difficult to value.
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someone who works for different companies and is not employed by one, usually receives fixed payments and not a salary
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transferring work to an outside supplier
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developing a wider range of products in order to be more successful or reduce risk.
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the arrangements that are needed for goods, materials, equipment, and people to be in the right place at the right time.
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something that a person or business has invented and which is protected by patent.
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a regular payment made for a person after he/she has retired from active work
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the four different components of marketing
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bringing the best possible advantages in relation to costs
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the last line on a financial document which shows the final result (total profit once all costs have been deducted).
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a financial statement showing revenue, expenditure and profit from operations during a given period
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a company’s profit for a particular period of time not paid out in dividends to people owning shares, but put into its reserves
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a part of the profits of a company for a particular period of time that is paid to shareholders for each share that they own
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